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Fam.: Onagraceae / Willowherb Fam.  

Genus:  Oenothera  L.
 

Authors:
   HUDZIOK:  Georg W. Hudziok (1929 - ), German botanist with main focus on Oenothera
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
 

Etymology:
   Oenothera:   oinotheris (Greek) = plant with wine smell at the roots
   paradoxa:   weird (young buds two-colored)
 

Oenothera paradoxa got its name because of its strange coloring: most striking are the red colored dimples at the upper part of young buds, which is later lost when the buds are growing bigger. The wide-lanceolate leaves have strongly red midribs and the stem is also tinged with red. The blossoms are of middle size.
Oenothera paradoxa has been found in the Upper Rhine Valley the first time by M. HASSLER in 2014, a publication is in preparation.

 

Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose, D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Fig. 1:  Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose
D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose, D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Fig. 2:  Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose
D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose, D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Fig. 3:  Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose
D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose, D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Fig. 4:  Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose
D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose, D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Fig. 5:  Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose
D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose, D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Fig. 6:  Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose
D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose, D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Fig. 7:  Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose
D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose, D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Fig. 8:  Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose
D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose, D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Fig. 9:  Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose
D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose, D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Fig. 10:  Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose
D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose, D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Fig. 11:  Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose
D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose, D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Fig. 12:  Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose
D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose, D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Fig. 13:  Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose
D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose, D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Fig. 14:  Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose
D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose, D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Fig. 15:  Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose
D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose, D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Fig. 16:  Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose
D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose, D Philippsburg 28.7.2014
Fig. 17:  Oenothera paradoxa / Paradoxal Evening Primrose
D Philippsburg 28.7.2014

 


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